So, where are the Big Bad Bruins?

MONTREAL — The Bruins are the better team. This is what the hockey folks keep saying. This is what the regular-season record shows. The Bruins won the Presidents' Trophy, earning home ice advantage throughout the playoffs. The Bruins are better than 

Montreal beat Boston 4-2 last night to take a 2-1 series lead. But forget about that. Just read Joe Haggerty's column at CSN New England. Or, rather, read the cached version of the column posted at 2 a.m., about six hours 

Be it via French press, pour over, or simply a full hot pot down their pants, the Bruins need some caffeine in their legs, in their heads, and up their backsides when the puck drops Thursday night. Defensively, their brains were on lockdown. The

MONTREAL — The Bruins are the better team. This is what the hockey folks keep saying. This is what the regular-season record shows. The Bruins won the Presidents' Trophy, earning home ice advantage throughout the playoffs. The Bruins are better than 

The Boston Bruins have been through these wars before. It is almost as if there should be a scar — the kind a warrior likes to show off to confirm his valor — sown onto the spoked B of the team's logo. On Saturday, the Bruins